From March 31 to May 31, 2013, 132 cases of humans were infected with the H7N9 avian influenza virus, 39 of which resulted in death in China, which sparked global concerns about public health. Fortunately, no new case was reported in China since May 8, which seems like to make it step into a stable stage, and the emergency response to the event launched by Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Ji...

Pot experiment on the comparison of the nematicidal potentials of poultry manure with carbofuran on M. incognita infected cowpea was carried out to determine whether poultry manure can be substituted for carbofuran. Carbofuran and poultry manure were applied at doses of 2 kg active ingredient (a.i.)/ha and 2t/ha respectively, singly and in combination to potted cowpea plants arranged in Complet...

BACKGROUND The verified human cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Vietnam may represent only a selection of the most severely ill patients. The study objective was to analyze the association between flulike illness, defined as cough and fever, and exposure to sick or dead poultry. METHODS A population-based study was performed from April 1 to June 30, 2004, in FilaBavi, a rural Viet...

Poultry litter application to fields that will be cropped to legumes is desirable because legumes biologically fix N2 gas from the atmosphere, allowing manures to be applied at rates needed only to satisfy crop P and/or K requirements. The need to export the nutrients in poultry litter from western Arkansas to areas of intensive cropping and fertilizer use plus recent increases in commercial fe...

Worldwide, production of poultry meat and eggs has increased consistently over the years, and this trend is expected to continue. it is predicted that most increases in poultry production during the next two decades will occur in developing countries, where rapid economic growth, urbanization and higher household incomes will increase the demand for animal proteins. several factors have contrib...

This study characterized cefoxitin-resistant and -susceptible Salmonella enterica serovar Heidelberg strains from humans, abattoir poultry, and retail poultry to assess the molecular relationships of isolates from these sources in Québec in 2012. Isolates were collected as part of the Canadian Integrated Program for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance (CIPARS). All isolates were subjected to ...

Phosphorus (P) losses from pastures fertilized with poultry litter contribute to the degradation of surface water quality in the United States. Dietary modification and manure amendments may reduce potential P runoff losses from pastures. In the current study, broilers were fed a normal diet, phytase diet, high available phosphorus (HAP) corn diet, or HAP corn + phytase diet. Litter treatments ...

There is growing concern with regard to the continued emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, which pose a significant risk to both human and animal health. Antibiotics have been used as therapeutic agents in agriculture since the 1940 s and in subtherapeutic doses as food additives to improve feed conversion of livestock and domestic poultry since the 1950's. However, the use of antibiotic...

background and objectives: the aim of our study was to characterize gizzard lactobacillus fermentum-group strains on the basis of their phenotypic profiles regarding characteristics of lactobacilli. in addition, their in vitro potential probiotic properties were evaluated. materials and methods: the lactic acid bacteria were isolated and identified from gizzard contents of algerian local poultr...

The incidence and severity of disease associated with toxigenic Clostridium difficile have increased in hospitals in North America from the emergence of newer, more virulent strains. Toxigenic C. difficile has been isolated from food animals and retail meat with potential implications of transfer to human beings. The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of toxigenic C....